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CONCORD — Northern Pass officials plan to file an appeal with the state Supreme Court by an Aug. 13 deadline in an effort to jump-start a hydroelectric transmission project that a state committee denied.

The Site Evaluation Committee on Thursday issued a 72-page written decision that ...

SEC Allows Video Testimony in Northern Pass Trial

Eversource/Northern Pass Transmission's attempt to quash certain testimony submitted to the Site Evaluation Committee hearing the Northern Pass application, including a video submitted by intervenors from New Hampshire's North Country, was rebuffed by the SEC.

The New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee issued an order this week denying a Motion to Strike testimony from intervenors in the Northern Pass hearing.

"While the videos will be admitted, it will be up to the Subcommittee todetermine the weight to accord the videos in the context of this proceeding. The Applicant’srequest to strike the videos filed by the Clarksville to Stewartstown Group of Intervenors andAbutting Property Owners Bethlehem to Plymouth Group of Intervenors is denied."

Northern Pass also sought to strike testimony regarding Alternative Routes. This motion, too, was denied by the SEC.

Again, from the SEC's order:

"As part of its consideration, the Subcommittee is required to decide whether constructionand operation of the Project will interfere with the orderly development of the region, is in thepublic interest, and/or will have an unreasonable adverse effect on aesthetics, historic sites,natural environment, and water and air quality. See RSA 162-H:16. At this juncture we cannotsay that all evidence of alternative routes or sites is irrelevant to these considerations. Evidenceof alternatives might be relevant to the statutory factors that must be considered by theSubcommittee in granting or denying a Certificate or conditions that may be imposed if aCertificate is granted. The Applicant’s request to strike portions of the pre-filed testimonyaddressing alternative routes of the Project filed by George Sansoucy, Sharon A. Penney andWill Abbott is denied."